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Welcome Summer 2018 Interns!

We are so pleased to welcome this summer’s Interns to the Museum! This cohort has spent their week learning about the Museum and diving into their intern projects. You’ll be hearing from them throughout the summer as they explore the …

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YES, MAAM!

A blog post by Education Director Ilene Dackman-Alon. To read more posts by Ilene click HERE. Last Thursday, I got up early, hopped on my chariot, and headed to Pittsburgh for the Annual Conference for the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (aka MAAM). …

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Intern Round Up 2017

I’m so pleased to announce another successful summer of interns! The Museum welcomed six new interns into our intense, ten-week internship program this year, and a seventh intern doing an extended internship through the summer and fall, spread across multiple …

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Intern Weekly Response: Podcast Previews

Every week we’re asking our summer interns to share some thoughts and responses to various experiences and readings. This week we asked them to give us a sneak peek of the upcoming podcasts they are creating! To read more posts from …

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Re-thinking the Museum for the 21st Century

My Interview with the Museum of Jewish Montreal’s Executive Director, Zev Moses Blog post by Exhibitions Intern Ryan Mercado. To read more posts from JMM interns, past and present, click here. I lived in the Washington DC area all my life. I …

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Intern Weekly Response: Catalog Reviews!

Every week we’re asking our summer interns to share some thoughts and responses to various experiences and readings. This week we asked them to read a selected JMM exhibit catalog and write a short review!  To read more posts from …

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Rabbis, Writers, and Radicals

A walking tour in a historic Jewish Neighborhood in Montreal, Quebec and why we need Jewish Museums Post by Exhibitions Intern Ryan Mercado. To read more posts from JMM interns, past and present, click here. Before I started this internship at …

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Intern Weekly Response: Project Check-Ins

Every week we’re asking our summer interns to share some thoughts and responses to various experiences and readings. This week we asked them to share what they’ve been working on and learning in their internships thus far!  To read more …

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Padding and Stuffing Galore

What It Really Takes to Exhibit Textiles Blog post by Amy Swartz, Collections Intern. To read more posts from JMM interns, past and present, click here. This past week was spent helping Joanna Church, the Collections Manager, set up the …